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CUI Major Incident# 7: Donges Refinery Fuel Oil Spill
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On March 16, 2008, a fuel oil spill occurred during the loading of a vessel at Donges Refinery, Loire-Atlantique, France.
Summary of the Incident:
- During the loading of an oil tanker, 478 tonnes of cargo fuel oil spilled due to a leak from a corroded pipe line.
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General Major Incident # 1: Emergency Shutdown Systems for Chlorine Transfer
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CUI Major Incident# 6: First Chemical Corporation Explosion and Fire
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On October 13, 2002, an explosion occurred at the Bayou Cassotte Industrial Park in Pascagoula, Mississippi.
Summary of the Incident:
- Steam leaking through manual valves heated mononitrotoluene (MNT) inside a distillation column caused an explosion at First...
CUI Major Incident# 5: Notre-Dame de Gravenchon Butane Release
Notre-Dame de Gravenchon Butane Release
Date and Place of the Incident:
On June 9, 2008, a butane release which lasted approximately 2½ hours occurred at Notre-Dame de Gravenchon, Port-Jerome-Sure-Seine, France.
Summary of the Incident:
- A gas cloud formed in the middle of the steam...
CUI Major Incident# 4: Kawasaki Fuel Oil Leakage
Kawasaki Fuel Oil Leakage
Date and Place of the Incident:
On July 7, 1993, a fuel oil leak occurred during transfer at a refinery in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.
Summary of the Incident:
- During loading, fuel oil leaked from a piping of a marine loading equipment.
- The leak occurred from a corroded...
CUI Major Incident# 3: Repsol A Coruna Refinery Fire
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On October 10, 2012, a fire started in the fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCC) of a refinery in Madrid, Spain.
Summary of the Incident:
- Fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCC) of the refinery was caught in fire after a corroded pipe allowed the escape of 5 tonnes...
CUI Major Incident# 2: Petroplus Coryton Refinery Fire and Naphtha Release
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On October 31, 2007, a naphtha release instigated a huge fire at the C5/C6 Isomerisation plant located at Essex, England.
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About 48 tonnes of flammable liquid (naphtha) was released from an insulated pipe feeding the Dehexaniser...
CUI Major Incident# 1: Fire and Explosion at the Humber Refinery
Fire and Explosion at the Humber Refinery
Date and Place of the Incident:
On April 16, 2001, failure of a Saturate Gas Plant, de-ethaniser column overhead line allowed the escape of flammable gases which subsequently exploded and caused fire at Humber Refinery, United Kingdom.
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CUI Major Incident # 0.2:Ā Boxing Day gas blast due to Pipe Burst
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On December 26, 2015, the sudden release of over 2 tons of high temperature, high-pressure natural gas took place due to the bursting of pipe at the North Sea platform of Marathon Oil's Brae, situated 250 kilometers north-east off the Aberdeen coast, United...
CUI Major Incident #0.1: Leakage of fuel oil into the sea
Date and Place of the Incident:
On October 11, 1990, a leakage in the pipe containing fuel oil occurred during the fuel transfer process between oil tanks at Jetty near Kawasaki, Japan.
Summary of the Incident:
- It was observed that the piping with insulation was corroded by salt.
- The...
